                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 32.1-162.7)

As used in this article:		&#8220;Health care professional&#8221; means any
professional who is licensed, certified or registered to practice by a board
within the Department of Health Professions under Title 54.1 or is licensed,
certified or registered by a nationally recognized professional organization
specified in Board regulations.		&#8220;Home care organization&#8221; means a
public or private organization, whether operated for profit or not for profit,
that provides, at the residence of a patient or individual in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, one or more of the following services:

1. Home health services, including services provided by or under the direct
supervision of any health care professional under a medical plan of care in a
patient&#8217;s residence on a visit or hourly basis to patients who have or are
at risk of injury, illness, or a disabling condition and require short-term or
long-term interventions;

2. Personal care services, including assistance in personal care to include
activities of daily living provided in an individual&#8217;s residence on a
visit or hourly basis to individuals who have or are at risk of an illness,
injury or disabling condition; or

3. Pharmaceutical services, including services provided in a patient&#8217;s
residence, which include the dispensing and administration of a drug or drugs,
and parenteral nutritional support, associated patient instruction, and such
other services as identified by the Board of Health by regulation.
			&#8220;Person&#8221; includes any partnership, corporation, association or
other legal entity, public or private.			&#8220;Residence&#8221; means the place
where the individual or patient makes his home such as his own apartment or
house, a relative&#8217;s home or an assisted living facility, but shall not
include a hospital, nursing facility or nursing home or other extended care
facility.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 633; 1991, c. 695; 1993, cc. 957, 993.